Ah- some very good rooms

I truly admire the work of Isle Crawford and India Mahdavi. I think they are both rigorous and witty in their work. The work of my friend Ghislaine Vinas is in the same category. I feel like she sets out a very precise road map and just moves forward and forward towards the final result. Enjoy looking at her work-very innovative

Is this good room?

I find myself very taken with this images from the photographer Anita Calero's portfolio. Evidently, she is the darling of the Domino Mag photo set. The photograph is beautifully composed, balanced and art fully disheveled.....But is the whole room this good? Something to ponder.

One Good Room

I was looking for descriptions of a "Good Room" while I was working on this talk. I found Edith Wharton's first sentence in her work The Decoration of Houses. She states, "Rooms may be decorated in two ways: by a superficial application of ornament totally independent of structure, or by means of those architectural features which are part of the organism of every house, inside and out." This is the manifestation of this premise-her beautiful home
The Mount in Lenox. Mass.

Building Impressions

If I were in L.A. today this is what I would go do. Rachel's Whiteread's show at the Hammer Museum which concentrates on her drawing method.....She says that the drawings are a diary of her work. Bet its pretty beautiful. Can someone score me a catalog?

An agreed upon myth.......

Another super interesting show is opening at The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at The Brooklyn Museum. Artist great Kiki Smith is installing a epic storytelling work based on the needlework artifact of Prudence Punderson(for more on Punderson see Laurel Ulrich's The Age of the Homespun), a young 18th century woman. The installation will spill into the very special period rooms of the Brooklyn Museum which is a act of courage I have never seen at a museum. This should really be good.

Sweet chairs

These stools are captivating.....Sweet, earnestly made? Can you sit on them? I am not sure? First seen on the beloved blog bloesem spend time with this dreamtime website. The creative duo is named FriedaMaria

elements in sitting

These two super direct stools can be found on the on line shop Souk Shop. proprietor Danielle de Lange also is host of Style-Files Blog. I just love the "is what it is" quality.